THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, October 9, 1994 TAG: 9410070106
SECTION: HOME PAGE: G2 EDITION: FINAL
COLUMN: GARDENING REMINDERS
SOURCE: ROBERT STIFFLER
LENGTH: Long : 115 lines
Tuesday is a big day for pansies. It's the Garden Club of Virginia Beach's annual Fall Flower Festival. In addition to pansies, there will be bulbs, perennials, native plants and dried flowers for sale. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Virginia Beach Pavilion, with lectures every hour, on the hour. Admission is $1. I'll be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer garden questions. Call 481-1566. ROSES ON DISPLAY
You can view hundreds of prize roses Saturday and next Sunday when the Tidewater Rose Society holds its 49th annual rose show in the Norfolk Botanical Garden auditorium. Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, rose authority from England, will be there Sunday to autograph copies of her book, ``Rose Gardens - Their History and Design.'' Show hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The show is free but normal admission to the garden ($2.50 adults) applies. DOGWOODS DRINK IT UP
Dogwoods are shallow-rooted trees. Not only will they quickly deplete the water near the surface, but large trees nearby will drink up the rest of the available water. This can put a lot of stress on a dogwood and is why many newly planted ones will die during a dry spell. During dry, fall weather, be sure to keep newly planted dogwoods thoroughly watered.
They're also susceptible to damage from weed-killing herbicides. Do not use weed-and-feed chemicals or weed sprays near dogwoods. EXPERTS ON HEIRLOOMS
``Rediscovering the Heirloom Garden'' will probably be the best one-day horticulture seminar in Virginia this year. Presented Oct. 18 in Richmond by the Ginter Botanical Garden and Horticulture magazine, the seminar features: Elsa Bakalar, noted New England horticulturist; Helen Dillon of Dublin, Ireland; and Jim Reynolds of the Irish Times, speaking on old-fashioned plants. Rob Proctor from the Denver Botanic Garden will talk about old-fashioned bulbs. Stephen Scanniello, internationally known rosarian at the Cranford Rose Garden in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, is also on the program.
The fee ranges from $89 to $109, depending on whether you subscribe to Horticulture magazine or belong to Ginter. There is a half-price student rate. Call 800-370-1730 or fax 617-367-6364 for rates and reservations. MAIL-ORDER PLANTS
For those who like to shop by mail, the mail-order association is reissuing its directory of nurseries. It contains $35 in discount coupons as well as mail-order sources for many plants. For a copy, send $1 to MAN, Dept. PRF94, P.O. Box 2129, Columbia, Md. 21045. BEST OF THE BRITISH
If you want to talk and learn with the British, there's still time to register for ``Olde World Charm, New World Elegance'' at The Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo on Saturday and next Sunday. Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, author and writer from Gloucestershire, England, will speak. Cost is $80 per person, mailed to Box 943, Buxton, N.C. 27920. Call 919-995-6029. BEAT PEACH TREE BORERS
Readers have asked where they can purchase Thiodan, a spray used to fight peach tree borers. Southern States Garden Center, 1764 S. Military Highway in Chesapeake, carries it. Call 420-2841. BUILT FOR A BLUEBIRD
If you would like to purchase a first-rate bluebird box, the Virginia Beach Audubon Society produces and sells them for $15. They are attractive to chickadees, wrens, titmice and nuthatches, if you are not in bluebird territory. Call Shelby Hunter at 425-7133. OLD-TIMEY SEEDS
The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange specializes in ``old-timey'' seeds. For next season, they offer a Royal Black hot pepper, a Bellengrath Gardens Purple Pepper and many hard-to-find tomatoes, including Marizol Gold and German Red Strawberry tomato. For a catalog, send $2, deductible on your first order, to Southern Exposure Seed, P.O. Box 170, Earlysville, Va. 22936. FORECAST IS FOR COLD
This winter will start cold and stormy and bright, with some other harsh periods. But it will not be as bitter as last winter, which set many records for cold, snow, ice and misery. That prediction comes from Baer's Agricultural Almanac for 1995. The almanac, in its 170th year of publication, tells of Sarah Josepha Buell Hale, who persuaded President Lincoln to proclaim Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. Hale was editor of Godley's Lady's Book in Philadelphia and wrote ``Mary's Little Lamb.''
Gardeners will find information on the newest in plants. Send $3 to Baer's Almanac, P.O. Box 328, Lancaster, Penn. 17608. ``WORM'S WAY''
There's a new catalog to suit the needs of anyone wanting to garden hydroponically, make home brew or garden organically. Titled ``Worm's Way,'' the fall-winter edition is free by writing to Worm's Way Garden Supply & Home Brew Center, 3151 S. Highway 446, Bloomington, Ind. 47401. MASTER DESIGNER TO SPEAK
Time is short to register to hear Chris Giftos, master floral designer for the Metropolitan Museum in New York. He'll give a demonstration at 10 a.m. and another at 3 p.m. at the Founders Inn Theatre on Nov. 2. Cost is $15 for either lecture. I'm not into flower arranging, but I heard Giftos a few years back at the Chrysler Museum, and he's great.
His appearance is part of the Gallery of Flowers show presented by the Federated Garden Clubs of The Council of Garden Clubs of Virginia Beach. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets for that event also are $15, which includes lunch and a fashion show.
Deadline for reservations is Oct. 17. Call Elaine Yagen 486-4064 or Glenda Knowles 340-8889 for tickets. The Founders Inn is at 5641 Indian River Road in Virginia Beach. by CNB